Ricardo Gil Lavedra to advise AFA as legal battles heat up | OneFootball

Amid the Government's attacks on the Argentine Football Association, the entity has moved forward with hiring external legal counsel to address the summons from the General Inspection of Justice.

Through an official bulletin published this Friday, the AFA provided details of a remote meeting attended by the members of the Executive Committee, presided over by President Claudio Tapia.

In this virtual meeting, the hiring of the professional services of Dr. Ricardo Gil Lavedra was announced to carry out external legal consultancy to advise on matters such as the private civil association nature of the AFA, as well as the members of its Executive Committee in response to the actions and observations of the IGJ and other entities.

During the session, the extensive professional and academic career of Gil Lavedra in the judicial, legislative, and human rights fields, both nationally and internationally, was highlighted. His hiring was unanimously approved by the present members of the Executive Committee.

His extensive career

Ricardo Gil Lavedra is the current head of the Ricardo Gil Lavedra – Lawyers firm since 1989. Among other roles, he has served as a Conjudge of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Adjunct Consulting Professor of the Faculty of Law, Judge of the National Chamber of Criminal and Correctional Appeals of the City of Buenos Aires, ad-hoc Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Vice President of the United Nations Committee against Torture, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of the Nation, Deputy Minister of the Interior, National Deputy for the City of Buenos Aires, Member of the Commission for the drafting of the Bill for the reform, updating, and integration of the National Penal Code, Legal Secretary (rank of First Instance Judge) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Legal Secretary (rank of First Instance Judge) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires, President of the Advisory Council – General Coordinator of the Justice 2020 Program of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, President of the Justice Advisory Council of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, General Coordinator of the Citizen Security Table of the Argentine Dialogue, Member of the Network of Experts in Democracy of the Organization of American States, Vice President of the Legislative Studies Institute of the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations, International Observer of the UN in the appointment process of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ecuador, Member of the Advisory Council of the United Nations Development Program, Vice President of the Institute of Criminal Policy and Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, and Member of the International Association of Penal Law.

The Government's and IGJ's attacks against the AFA

A new chapter in the dispute between the national Government and the Argentine Football Association has opened due to the control that the General Inspection of Justice exercises over non-profit civil associations. According to its head, Daniel Vitolo, the AFA enjoys "tax and social security advantages similar to those of football clubs" and relies on its legal status to resist the opening of its financial statements.

The Ministry of Justice's body has summoned the Argentine Football Association to present, within 20 business days, documentation that provides explanations about its financial statements and responds to alleged expenses and investments related to activities that may not be covered by its social purpose.

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